A simultaneous kick starting at your hips with hips lifting and lowering with full undulation and movement down through the legs. The kick starts from the hips rather than the knees and follows an undulating pattern with the stroke. Execute two rhythmic kicks to every one arm cycle with the second kick more powerful than the first to help lift your arms clear of the water, knees bending and straightening, feet and toes pointed and held close together. Develop good undulating rhythum from the hips and good timing and feel for the stroke technique will develop.

A simultaneous double arm circling action, starting the pull with arms out in front no more than shoulder width apart, face on the water with hands entering the water in front of the shoulders; Pulling in and under the body and through past the hips at which point breathing takes place by pushing the chin forward clear of the water surface, elbows and hands then lift out of the water and sweep forwards over the water surface to help lift the hips, re-entry of the hands in front of the shoulders will then take place for another stroke cycle. The pulling pattern underwater is with slightly bent elbows to create more leverage and power.

On the last stroke stretch for the wall with both hands and drive the leg kick. Touch the wall with both hands and lift the knees towards the chest and place both feet on the wall. One arm then moves forward cutting underwater, the trailing arm is taken over the water surface and the hand cuts into the water to meet up with the leading arm. As you push off the wall underwater, stretch down the pool with hands and feet held together to develop good streamlining. Before full stroke swimming is resumed, three or four dolphin leg kicks are executed, to a maximum of fifteen metres within the laws of swimming, as greater speed can be found whilst underwater when good streamlining is achieved.